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Bettye Lane gay rights movement photographs

Title
  1. Bettye Lane gay rights movement photographs, 1970-2007 (bulk 1971-1989).
Supplementary content
  1. Collection guide
Author
  1. Lane, Bettye, 1930-2012

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Description
  1. 1.26 linear feet (3 boxes)
Summary
  1. Bettye Lane (1930-2012) was a photojournalist best known for documenting the women's rights and gay rights movements in America. The Bettye Lane Gay Rights Movement Photographs depict life in the gay and lesbian community from 1970 to 2007, with the bulk dating 1971-1989. The collection includes images of community-organizing activities, conferences, activists, demonstrations and marches, graffiti, and events held by the National Organization for Women (NOW). Protests against the Vietnam War are also represented. Unless otherwise noted, photographs depict events in New York City.
Subject
  1. Gay people > United States
  2. Homosexuality > United States
  3. Gay rights > United States
  4. Women photographers > United States
  5. Photographers
  6. Demonstrations > New York (State) > New York
  7. Gay activists > United States
  8. Gay liberation movement > United States
  9. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements
  10. Photographs
  11. Lane, Bettye, 1930-2012
  12. Feminism > United States
  13. AIDS activists > United States
  14. Photojournalists
Genre/Form
  1. Photographs.
Call number
  1. MssCol 17915
Access (note)
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at
Source (note)
  1. Donated by and purchased from Bettye Lane, 2008.
Location of other archival materials (note)
  1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
  2. Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
  3. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute.
Author
  1. Lane, Bettye, 1930-2012.
Title
  1. Bettye Lane gay rights movement photographs, 1970-2007 (bulk 1971-1989).
Type of content
  1. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
Restricted access
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Location of other archival materials
  1. Bettye Lane papers, 1979-1980; Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
  2. Bettye Lane photographs, 1959-2007; Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
  3. Lane, Bettye. Photographs, 1969-1981; Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute.
Source
  1. Donated by and purchased from Bettye Lane, 2008.
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  1. NYPL Digital Collections
  2. Collection guide
Occupation
  1. Photographers.
  2. Photojournalists.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 17915
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